slayers_desire | the calvary arrives in Smallville

It was time to mount a rescue effort in Kansas. After losing Clark to the Phantom Zone, April had helped Lionel get back to the safety of his mansion, and then had disappeared to the Nexus. Where she was able to find a couple of people who wanted to help keep the peace.

PINpointing back to the farmyard with her allies, April waited for everyone to get settled. Then she took a breath, and gave them a briefing. "So basically right now we have mass public panic, no technology is working, and there are several friends of Clark's that are missing."

"We have two enemies that we need to be concerned about," April pulls out two artist renditions. "The first is Brainaic, a Kryptonite supercomputer who has been posing as Professor Milton Fine. He has all the Kryptonian powers of flight, strength, speed and healing... but isn't affected by Kryptonite. Meteor rock. He can also shapechange. Chloe, you will go with Alice, Victor Van Dort, Doc and Marty to find Brainaic. Also do what you can for those innocents who need to be saved from this chaos. You will also need to find Martha Kent and Lois Lane, as they are both missing."

"The second is General Zod, who has taken possession of Lex Luthor. Once again Zod has all the Kryptonian powers, and I am not sure if meteor rock will affect him. I haven't had a chance to test it."

"Victor Allen and I will try to find Zod, as we have more experience with dealing with crazy Kryptonians. We will also look for a way to bring Clark out of the Phantom Zone."

"I am going to give each of you a piece of Kryptonite, just in case. And hopefully we can figure out a way to get through this situation." April took a breath. Hoping that their little plan would work for the better good.

((this will be a split thread. Alice and Her gang will go off with Chloe to deal with Brainaic. Victor Allen and April will deal with the Clark issue))

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"So Zod's out of Lex? Without having to use the knife?" Victor asks, looking deeply relieved.

"Sounds like it," Doc says with a grin.

"Glad to hear that's taken care of," Marty says, though he's looking rather concernedly at April. "You okay?"

"I need to rest and heal more. And Clark will need time too. It sounds like he was in The Phantom Zone for longer than he was missing out here. And he lost a friend."

"Victor Allen is getting Lana. And I think for tonight we have done all we can. The recovery from today will take time."

Chloe looks confused and concerned when she mentions that Clark lost a friend, assuming that it was someone outside the Zone, because how could he have a friend inside of that place? "God, that's awful. I'm so glad this is finally over."

Victor automatically looks around for a place he can offer April to sit, ever the gentleman. "Is the other Victor all right?" He's only met Victor A a couple of times, but he likes her.

"He lost somebody else? Oh jeez," Marty says with a wince. "Send along our condolences, okay? Ouch. . . ."

Accepting Victor's help to sit down, April explained a little more. "She was a friend of his Father's, that was in the Phantom Zone as protection. She helped him escape. Sacrificed herself so he could come home."

And to April that means a whole lot.

"Oh," Chloe says softly, because she knows that Clark is incredibly lonely for his people sometimes, and before now the only, and very few, ones he's met at home have been hostile. To find a friend, someone connected to family, and then to lose her so soon... "Is he okay?"

"Oh dear," Victor says softly. "I'm so sorry -- for them both." Clark for losing her, and that poor woman for having to sacrifice herself. It's very unfair that he should find a friendly member of his species and not be able to bring her to earth as well.

"Oh man, that -- yeah," Marty says, unconsciously moving a bit closer to Doc. "How is he?"

April shrugs sadly. "Clark will need time to heal. He was practically living in Kryptonian Hell for quite a while. And so... we all need to give him space."

She should be used to this by now. She isn't.

"I wanted to thank you all for helping out."

"No problem," Chloe says, still frowning. "If there's anything else we can do..."

"You guys are our friends -- we're always willing to go to bat for you," Marty agrees.

"You've helped us out at other times," Alice adds. "It's only right to pay such kindness back. Is there anything else we can help with?"

April smiled softly. "Tonight is a time we should all rest. I would gladly think you assistance in the next coming days would be welcome."

"I need to recover from tonight. Eat. Shower. Sleep. And none of you can help me with any of that." She manages a small teasing smile.

"All right," Chloe says, smiling a little sheepishly. "I don't think it's safe for me to go back to Metropolis tonight, so I'll be staying with my dad in town."

"Right -- best for everybody to be fresh, especially after this experience," Doc says. "We can PIN back to our world pretty easily. Just let us know if and when you need us." He nods at Chloe. "It was nice to meet you, even if the circumstances were far from ideal."

"Perhaps we can get together on a nicer occasion sometime," Victor adds.

((and we can wrap this part here. Awesome everyone))

the calvary arrives in Smallville

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